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- {Portables, modems, and printers connect at Artisoft's new LAN Central
- {Station}
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- Networking takes another step forward in flexibility with Artisoft's Central
- Station, the new multi-port add-on allowing portables to connect and
- separate without disrupting the network. At Spring COMDEX, Central
- Station took the Best of Spring Award from Byte Magazine and the
- Interface Group for best connectivity product of the show. Created to
- support the burgeoning use of portable computers, Central Station also
- allows peripherals such as printers, modems, or CD-ROM drives to plug
- into and disconnect from its one parallel and two serial ports without a
- need to reconfigure the network. Other people on the network can also
- use the peripherals, even when the portable is gone. It will allow a laptop
- to be connected to the system simultaneously with remote or local
- printing. Central Station will operate on most popular network systems,
- including LANtastic or Novell with either twisted-pair or thin-coaxial cable.
- Jack Schoof, Artisoft's president and CEO, has taken a close personal
- interest in developing Central Station. He called it "the ideal slotless
- solution for laptop, notebook and printer connections to a network. It
- combines and exceeds the benefits of using several existing products at
- a fraction of the price." Central Station will be available from Artisoft
- dealers in the fall for $595.
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